MAINEducation 2012 #ACTEM12
Flipping the classroom with iTunes UJonathan Pratt, Assistant Head of School for Academics, Foxcroft Academy
What’s flipping?
✤ Traditional classroom
✤ In class: teacher provides direct instruction to students
✤ Out of class: students practice / apply learning
✤ Flipped classroom
✤ In class: Students practice / apply learning
✤ Out of class: teacher provides direct instruction to students
Why flip?
✤ Asynchronous instruction
✤ Freedom of time & location
✤ Rewind & fast-forward
✤ Facilitated application
✤ Individualized assistance
✤ Student collaboration
How to flip?
✤ Create and/or curate content
✤ Organize content
✤ Host content
✤ Ensure student access to content
Flipping with iTunes U
✤ Curate existing content
✤ Organize content
✤ Host content
✤ Enable access to content
Curating with iTunes U
Organizing with iTunes U
Hosting with iTunes U
Accessing with iTunes U
Public Site Manager
✤ Institutional enrollment at https://eduapp.apple.com/
✤ No requirement to have public courses
✤ Benefits for institutionally affiliated teachers
✤ Unlimited courses (public or private)
✤ Unlimited students (in private courses)
✤ Unlimited storage
Course Manager
Student thoughts...
Student thoughts...
Learning with iTunes U app
Access iTunes U via iTunes
Access iTunes U via iTunes
Multi-dimensional flipping
✤ When students are doing more projects in the classroom...
✤ Teachers gain better understanding of how each student learns...
✤ iTunes U content ecosystem can lead to a “flip” along another axis...
✤ In <-> Out flip leads to Teacher Centered <-> Student Centered flip
Final thoughts
✤ Flipping instruction from in-class to out-of-class is the easy part
✤ Shifting mindset and skill-set to use class time for project-based learning is a significant challenge
✤ Student-centered classrooms can be “messy” and “chaotic”
“The transition is a difficult one, and I think once you’ve transitioned, it still always takes a lot more work, reflection, and patience than traditional models, but it’s definitely worth it.” - Shelly Wright (@wrightsroom)
MAINEducation 2012 #ACTEM12
Thank you.Mia Morrison is here with me to answer questions about using iTunes U in the classroom.